Green Collar Jobs Training Program Update (6/25/09)

Today the online crew continued to refine their skills on the Internet, and trainees continued to write blog posts, update twitter, upload images and edit videos taken of the offline sustainability group. Meanwhile, the labor crew went to Moku's Farm in Aloha Estate to plant basil and kalo in the greenhouses. There were approximately six greenhouse at Moku's farm.

Workers spread fertilizer mix onto the soil before Moku used the tilling machine.

Workers spread a fertilizer mixture of 103010 and chicken manure, and Moku informed workers on how to use a tilling machine to mix the fertilizer into the soil. Unfortunately, it is against Hawai‘i Workforce Development policy for trainees to operate machinery on the worksite, so they just had to settle for a visual demonstration.

Moku showing trainee's how far apart basil plants should be planted.

After tilling the soil workers started planting the basil into neatly spaced and organized rows. Moku showed workers how he wanted the basil to be planted (picture above). In time, the rows off basil will turn into the lawns seen in the top left corner of the picture seen below.

Trainees planting basil in neatly organized rows.